This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir
Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boyhood to young manhood, in an evocative and vivid voice.
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"Granny was full-blooded Creek, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs insisted she was fifteen-sixteenths. She showed her card to me. I’d sit at the kitchen table and stare at her when she was eating, wondering how you can be a sixteenth of anything."
Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood.
Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate brings his childhood to life with spare, unflinching prose. This book is at once a love letter to his Native American roots and an inspiring and essential message for young readers everywhere, who are coming of age in an era when conversations about acceptance and empathy, love and perspective are more necessary than ever before.
Book At A Glance
# of Pages: 240
Book Binding: Hardcover
Year of Publication: 2023
Publisher: Scholastic Focus
Language: en
ISBN: 9781338802085
Creator Bio
Eddie Chuculate is a Cherokee and Creek Native American writer and artist from Muskogee, Oklahoma. Born in 1977, Chuculate grew up in a small, rural community and spent much of his childhood exploring the nearby woods and rivers. He went on to study creative writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico and received his MFA from the University of Iowa. Chuculate's work often explores themes of identity, culture, and the complexities of the Native American experience in modern society. In addition to writing, he is also a visual artist and has had his work exhibited in galleries across the United States. This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir is his first book.
